Stove-bracket



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` J. H. WHISSBMORE.

` STOVE BRACKET.

No. 323,380. Patented July 28, 1885.

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J. H. WHISSEMORB.

sTovB BRACKET.

No. 323,330. Patented July 23, 1335.

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JOHN H. VVHISSEMORE, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO,

STOVE-BRACKET.

sPncrr'IcATIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 323, 38o, dated July 28,1885.

Appiication filed March 31, 1884.

'To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. W'HissEMonE,

a citizen of the United States, and a resi-4 dent of Mansfield, in the county of Richland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stove-Brackets, of which the following is a specification.v

The invention relates to an improvement'in stove-brackets; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this application, Figure lis a side elevation, partly in section, of the invention, the sleeve G being shown elevated from collar B. Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are detached views of the various features thereof. Fig. 5 is a transverse section through the vertical post, looking downward. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the clamp F, and Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the base and lower end of the. post A.

In the drawings, A denotes a vertical post, the lower end of which is secured in thecollar B, which forms the upper part of the base U. The base C may be of any suitable dimension, its purpose being merely to properly support the post A. The upper end of the post A is to reduce to form the two shoulders a b, which enter the correspondingly-formed aperture in the sleeve D at the center of the shelf E, and thus sustain said shelf in position. rlhe post A is secured upon the stove by means of the clamp F,which is detachable from the other parts of the device, and consists of the horizontal arm d, whose inner end is made concave to iit the sides of the collar B, of the base C and the neck e, which is inclined to pass beneath the deiiected edge of the stovetop and has in its end the set-screw f, by which the fastening may be rendered secure or the bracket detached from the stove, as desired.

Upon the post A, and adapted to rest upon the collar B or be moved vertically upon the post, is the sleeve G, havingthree arms, H, ex tending therefrom, which arms are recessed, as at my, to receive the arms or lugs n, forming a part of the shelves I; and said recesses are `placed thereon would exert.

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provided with cross-bars J, which, when the lugs u are inserted in position, rest in front of the shoulders t, formed thereon, and effectually prevent the detachment of the shelves I by downward pressure, such as a vessel Any one of the shelves I may, however, be readily removed from the sleeve G by first giving it an upward `inclination to free the shoulder t from the cross-bar J and then withdrawing the lug n directly from the recess fm.

I have shown the sleeve G as having three recessed arms, H, but I of course reserve the right to make use of any number ofthe arms on a single sleeve that may be desired, .and to employ one or more of the shelves I, as occasion may require.

It will be found most convenient to make use of a large shelf' on the upper end of the post A, and smaller shelves on the sleeve G.

The weight of a vessel placed on the shelf E will exert a downward pressure directly upon the post A, and hence its strain upon the clamp F is not great. The parts of the device are especially adapted to render its employ mentV convenient and safe, and when it is removed from the stove said parts may be laid away, occupying the minimum amount of space.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a stove-bracket, the vertical post A secured to the. stove at its lower end by a clamp and having at its upper end the shoulders a b, combined with the shelf E, provided at its center with the sleeve l), containing an aperture closely conforming to the upper end ofthe post A, substantially as set forth.

2. ln a stove-bracket the vertical post A, snpportin g suitable shelves and provided with the base (l, having a central collar, B, in combination with the detachable clamp F, the end d of which conforms to the circumference of the collar B, and the end c whereof carries a set-screw, f, substantially as set forth.

3. In a stove-bracket the vertical post A, the body of which is of uniform diameter, in combination with the sleeve Gr, closely encompassing said post and provided with out wardlyprojeetin g arms H, having recesses m Signed at Mansfield, in the county of Riehand cross-bars J, (the cross-bars being at the land and State of Ohio, this 29th day of Febupper edge adjacent to the innerend of the renary, A. D. 1884.

eesses,) and the shelves I having lugs n and JOHN H. WHISSEMORE. 5 shoulders t, the lugs tting the recesses m Witnesses:

and the shoulders passing on the inner side THOS. E. BARROW,

of the bars J, substantally as set forth. H. E. BELL. 

